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R. KLENA.

SHIPY'S TABLE. APPLICATION FILED APR. 2o, 191s.

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R. KLENA.

SHIP'S TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 20, 1915. 1,150,769. Patented Aug. 17,1915.

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ROBERT KLENA, OF ADRIAN, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHIPS TABLE.

Application filed April 20,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ROBERT KLENA, a citizenof the United States, residing at Adrian, in the county of Armstrong andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ships Tables, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in shipstables.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a table especiallyadapted for use upon shipboard and arranged so that the table top willremain at all times horizontally positioned regardless of the movementof the ship.

A further object is to provide a table with a balanced top, the samebeing normally maintained horizontally positioned by means of a gravitypendulum, thus preventing the spilling or slipping of articles which arepositioned on the top of the table.

A still further object is to provide a ships table that is cheap andeasy to manufacture and which at the same time possesses great strengthand has a positive stabilizing means for maintaining the table topuniformly horizontal.

l/Vith these general objects in view and others that will appear as thenature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out inthe appended claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and in whichlike-designating characters refer to corresponding parts throughout theseveral views :Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present device withthe table top illustrated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe complete table. Fig. 8 is a horizontal sectional view taken uponline 1H-IIT of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is another side elevation of the devicetaken from a point at right-angles to that of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is asectional detail view taken upon line VV of Fig. 2, and Fig. 6 is avertical sectional detail view taken upon the plane of one of the returnsprings of the device.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the invention broadly consistsof a table having a top 10, herein illustrated as circular, mounted upona frame or support 11 and normally maintained horizontal. The saidSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 17, 1915.

1915. Serial No. 22,578.

supporting frame 11 consists of oppositely arranged A-shaped frames 12each of the sa1d frames having two legs 13. A connectmg bar 11 issecured between the top crossheads 15 of the said frames 12 and has acentral disk 16 centrally provided with a c1rcular bearing socket 17 inits upper face, while angularly extending struts 18 connect the frameswith the bar lal at opposite sides of the said disk. A top disk 19substantially of the same diameter as the aforementioned disk 16 isprovided with a central projecting post 20 upon its lower face, the saidpost having a substantially semi-spherical free end 21 adapted forseating in the socket 1'? for supporting the disk 19 thereon. The tabletop 10 is flatly positioned upon the upper face of the top disk 19concentric therewith and is secured thereto by means of bolts 22extending through the table top and also through opposite lugs 23 of thetop disk 19, the said lugs being normally positioned 1n the samelongitudinal plane as the aforementioned bar 14.

A counterweight 21 acting after the manner of a pendulum is hereinillustrated in the form of a solid frustrated cone being suspendinglyattached to the said upper disk 19 by means of upwardly and outwardlycurving arms 24: having their lower ends secured at opposite pointsadjacent the top of the pendulum and their upper ends secured withinopposite lugs 25 of the said disk 19 and at intermediate points betweenthe afore-mentioned lugs 23 thereof.

A plurality of coiled compression springs 26 are arranged concentricwith the normal position of the post 20 and connecting the upper andlower disk, the said springs having their opposite ends secured totransverse pms 2? arranged in opposite sockets 28 and 29 in the adjacentfaces of the said upper and lower disks 19 and 16 respectively.

From this detailed description of the device, it will be seen that thependulum 21 will maintain the post 20 in its normal vertical positionand regardless of any inclination or tipping of the su-p )orting frame11 as occasioned for instance by the rolling or tipping of the ship uponwhich the table is provided. This constant tendency to maintain the post20 vertical results in normally maintaining the top disk 19 and thetable top 10 horizontal, while the pendulum is further assisted in thisfunction by the re turn or compression springs 26 heretofore described.Additional positioning springs 30 are connected at four points 31 uponthe outer surface of the pendulum 2a and normally extend radiallytherefrom and having their outer ends attached as at 32 to the adjacentinner edges of the frame legs 13.

This table may be made of any desired material such as wood although thependulum 24 may be suitably weighted or formed of metal if desired, itwill be seen that a strong serviceable device is thus arranged foraccomplishing the designated results.

While the form of the invention herein shown and described is what isbelieved to be the preferred embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless tobe understood that minor changes may be made without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

What I claim as new is 1. A table comprising a supporting frame having acentral socket, a supporting disk, a table top concentrically secured tothe upper face of the said disk, a central projecting post upon theunder side of the said disk and provided with a semi-spherical free endnormally seated within the said socket, a pendulum, outwardly curvedspanning arms suspendingly connecting the said pendulum with the saiddisk, and resilient returning means between the said frame and pendulumand disk.

2. A table comprising a frame having a central socket a top-supportingdisk, a centrally-positioned post attached to the lower face of the saidtop-supporting disk and having its free end seated within the saidsocket, a balancing pendulum beneath the said supporting disk, a tabletop on said disk, and outwardly curved connecting arms spanning the saidframe and connecting the said pendulum and table top.

3. A table comprising a frame having a top connecting bar provided witha central disk having a central socket in its upper face, an upper disk,a table top secured to the said upper disk, means carried by said upperdisk and seated within the said socket, and balancing means suspendinglyattached to the said upper disk.

l. A table comprising a frame having a top connecting bar provided witha central disk having a central socket in its upper face, an upper disk,a table top secured to the said upper disk, a central projecting postcarried by the lower face of the said upper disk and having asemi-spherical free end seated within the said socket, connectingsprings concentrically arranged between the adjacent faces of the saidtwo disks, a counterweight positioned beneath the said central disk, andoutwardly curved connecting arms between the upper end of the saidcounterweight and opposite sides of the said upper disk.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ROBERT KLENA.

Witnesses D. B. HEINER, G. A. WVALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

